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US8263882B2
US8263882B2 US12/305,760 US30576007A US8263882B2 US 8263882 B2 US8263882 B2 US 8263882B2 US 30576007 A US30576007 A US 30576007A US 8263882 B2 US8263882 B2 US 8263882B2
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  • the present invention relates to an electrical control device, in particular for an automobile, comprising a pivoting control lever and a rotary control member.
  • the electronic systems are constantly being enhanced and offering more and more setting parameters.
  • the audio systems now almost all include different groups of loudspeakers, for which the left/right and front/rear balance can be adjusted.
  • the radio systems allow settings for rapid searches according to the program being broadcast or depending on whether or not the station broadcasts messages concerning the state of traffic in the region being traveled through.
  • These known controls typically take the form of a control lever or joystick that can be used to navigate in a menu displayed on the screen.
  • a chosen function is selected, for example, by pressing on the gripping element of the control.
  • this joystick has been provided with a rotary control member which makes it possible, for example, to increase or reduce the volume of an audio system when this volume adjusting function has been chosen.
  • the present invention aims to propose a solution relating to this problem.
  • the known joysticks are generally of a complex design, in particular electrical or electronic.
  • Another object of the present invention is to propose a device in which, in particular, the electrical/electronic part is simplified.
  • the aim is to propose a multifunction control device with a control lever that can be lit reliably.
  • an electrical control device comprising:
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention in the assembled state
  • FIG. 2 is a first exploded view of the device according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a second exploded view of the device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a top view of a device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view through A-A of FIG. 4 .
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electrical control device 1 according to the invention in the assembled state.
  • This device is fitted in a casing 3 consisting of a bottom 5 and a cover 7 assembled using screwing means 9 (see FIGS. 2 and 5 ).
  • control lever 11 that can be moved in a pivoting movement in a plane perpendicular to the lever in its rest position.
  • the lever 11 is shown in its rest position, that is, the lever 11 is essentially perpendicular to the plane defined by the bottom 5 .
  • the pivoting movement of the lever 11 is represented in FIG. 1 by arrows TX 1 , TX 2 , TY 1 , TY 2 . It can therefore be seen that there is a first pivoting direction along an axis X and a second pivoting direction along an axis Y which is orthogonal to the first direction and is situated in the same plane as this first direction.
  • pivoting movements can, for example, be used to control pull-down menus.
  • lever 11 can also be moved in translation in a direction parallel to the lever in its rest position. This direction is indicated in FIG. 1 by the arrow TZ 1 .
  • this movement is therefore, for a user, a press and is, for example, used to confirm the choice of a previously selected function.
  • the electrical control device also comprises a rotary control member 13 that can be moved in a rotation movement about its axis.
  • the member 13 can also be moved to pivot by the same movements as the lever 11 , that is, pivoting movements in a plane perpendicular to the lever in its rest position.
  • the various movements of the lever 11 and of the rotary member 13 are converted into control signals using an electric circuit 15 which will be described in more detail below and which is linked, for example, via an electrical connection loom 17 to a unit (not represented) for processing and using the control signals.
  • the lever 11 is held fixed in rotation by a lever base 19 .
  • This base 11 can move over a predefined travel in a direction parallel to the lever in its rest position, that is, the direction TZ 1 (see FIG. 1 ).
  • control lever 11 has a free end 21 which can be configured, depending on the desired design, to be linked to a gripping member of the lever (not represented).
  • the other end 23 has a spherical shape with two diametrically opposing dog points 25 . These dog points define a pivoting axis of the lever 11 , or to be more precise, the pivoting axis for the movements according to the arrows TX 1 and TX 2 .
  • the lever base 19 comprises walls 27 forming dome-shaped parts and defining a spherical housing 29 for receiving the spherical end 23 of the lever.
  • Diametrically opposing slots 31 are delimited by the walls 29 to receive the two dog points 25 so as to immobilize the lever in rotation while allowing a pivoting movement of the lever 11 by a sliding movement of the dog points in the slots.
  • the duly defined pivoting movement is the movement according to the arrows TY 1 and TY 2 in FIG. 1 .
  • Means 35 of guiding the base 19 in translation are provided to ensure a stable position of the base and thus of the lever 11 .
  • These guidance means 35 of the base are borne on the one hand by the bottom face 33 of the base 19 and on the other hand by a support seat 37 .
  • the guidance means 35 of the base comprise at least two guide rods 39 borne by the bottom face 33 of the base 19 and cooperating with two corresponding openings 41 provided in the support seat.
  • the two rods 39 comprise, at their free ends, end-stops 43 for limiting the travel of movement of the lever 11 in a direction parallel to the lever in its rest position, that is, the direction TZ 1 indicated in FIG. 1 .
  • the device comprises an elastic means 45 of repositioning to the rest position, such as a helical or tapered spring (see in particular FIGS. 1 and 5 ), pressing on the one hand on the bottom face 33 of the lever base and on the other hand on the support seat 37 .
  • an elastic means 45 of repositioning to the rest position such as a helical or tapered spring (see in particular FIGS. 1 and 5 ), pressing on the one hand on the bottom face 33 of the lever base and on the other hand on the support seat 37 .
  • the base 19 also bears on its bottom face 33 at least one, preferably two, actuating pistons 47 , each piston being able to actuate an associated switch borne by the electric circuit 15 .
  • the electric circuit 15 comprises on the one hand a printed circuit card 49 and on the other hand a flexible membrane 51 positioned on the card 49 , the membrane comprising for each piston 47 an elastic contacting mound 53 which works by pressing a piston onto the membrane to close an electric loop and deliver a control signal.
  • the printed circuit card 49 has contacting lands 55 with a pattern, for example in coil-form, of two overlapping electrical tracks.
  • the mounds 53 include, inside, a metal or carbon pad which, when it comes into contact with an associated land 55 , provides the electrical contact between the two tracks and thus produces the closure of an electric loop and therefore makes it possible to deliver a control signal.
  • the lever 11 is made of a light-transmitting material and the printed circuit card 49 comprises a lighting means such as a light-emitting diode 57 , centered relative to the axis defined by the lever 11 in its rest position.
  • light-transmitting material should be understood to mean both a transparent material and a translucent material.
  • the membrane 51 , the support seat 37 and the lever base 19 each include a central opening respectively bearing the reference numbers 59 ( FIG. 3 ), 61 ( FIGS. 2) and 63 ( FIG. 5 ). These openings define a light passage (like a light chimney) so that the light emitted by the diode 57 passes through the light passage to be coupled via the spherical end 33 in the control lever 11 and lights the gripping end 21 of the lever.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to ensure an effective lighting without the need for complicated electrical or optical connections between the moving parts and the static parts.
  • the spherical part 23 of the lever 11 serves as an optical lens facilitating the coupling of the light in the lever 11 by its wide aperture angle which minimizes the light losses.
  • the right-hand part of the lever 11 serves as a waveguide that contains the light inside the lever until it is expelled at the end 21 .
  • the lever is made of plastic material, in particular of polycarbonate. Obviously, any other optically transparent or translucent material can be used.
  • This rotary member 13 is supported by a universal joint connection 65 so as to link the rotary member 13 pivoting-wise to the control lever 11 .
  • this link is only made in pivoting, but not in rotation, so that the member 13 can revolve freely whereas the lever 11 is fixed in rotation.
  • the rotary control member 13 has an overall bell shape, the top 67 of which has a through opening 69 ( FIG. 5 ) for the control lever 11 .
  • the bell-shaped member 13 is topped by a mechanical linkage means 71 with a gripping element of the rotary member (not represented).
  • the means 71 can comprise snap-fitting, screwing or gluing means.
  • the bell-shaped part of the member 13 has, on opposite sides, two small spindles 73 ( FIG. 2 ) designed to cooperate with two bearings 75 built into a universal joint ring 77 .
  • This ring 77 itself has two swiveling axes 79 that are attached via a snap-fitting link to a part 81 called “carousel”, for a reason that will become clear later in the description, and which has a circular shape.
  • the carousel 81 has two bearing support structures 83 able to receive the spindles 79 of the ring 77 by simple snap-fitting.
  • the part 81 is called “carousel” because it is formed free in rotation by the support seat 37 .
  • the carousel 81 can therefore revolve freely with the rotary member 13 and maintain the universal joint connection 65 with the rotary control member 13 .
  • the support seat comprises, on its circular periphery, protuberances 83 called gadroons. This is in fact a dome part such that, at the level of each gadroon, there is only a one-off contact between the carousel 81 and the seat 37 .
  • the support seat also comprises edges 85 for guiding and centering the carousel 81 in rotation.
  • the device according to the invention is equipped with means 87 of detecting the rotation movement of the maintaining carousel 81 .
  • these means 87 are optical means as represented in FIG. 2 .
  • the means 87 of detecting rotation movement of the carousel 81 comprise screen portions 89 positioned regularly in a circle on the bottom face 91 of the carousel 81 and at least one, preferably two, light-barrier components 93 borne by the electric circuit and positioned so that the screens can interrupt a measuring light beam.
  • the device To detect the direction of rotation of the rotary control member, it proved best for the device to comprise at least two light-barrier components positioned offset from each other.
  • magnetic means of detecting the rotation movement of the carousel are provided instead of optical means.
  • components 93 therefore take the form of a fork which passes through an associated opening 95 of the membrane 51 (see FIG. 2 ).
  • the pivoting movement is defined by the control lever 11 , it is transmitted via the rotary control member 13 , in particular through the intermediary of the bottom periphery 97 of the bell that defines a control edge able to cooperate with at least one associated switch for detecting a pivoting movement borne by the electric circuit 49 .
  • This circuit 49 comprises four double switches 99 positioned in pairs on opposite sides relative to the center of the circuit defined by the lever and that define perpendicular pivoting axes.
  • control edge 97 cooperates with the double switches formed by contact lands 99 on the printed circuit 49 and contacting mounds 100 , these switches making it possible to detect a pivoting movement through the intermediary of pistons 101 . It can be seen that these switches are identical in their structure and their operation to the switches formed by the mounds 53 and the contacting lands 55 .
  • the pistons 101 are received in cross-shaped openings 103 similar to the shapes provided in the seat 37 for the actuating pistons 47 of the lever base 19 .
  • the pistons are therefore guided in sliding by the support seat 37 .
  • the haptic sensations and their control and reproducibility are determining factors for a user.
  • the pivoting movements and in the direction TZ 1 it is the mounds 53 and 100 of the flexible membrane 51 that provide the haptic sensation.
  • the device 1 also comprises means of indexing the rotary movement of the rotary control member 13 .
  • these indexing means are produced in the form of magnetic indexing means.
  • the magnetic indexing means comprise a stator 105 and a rotor 107 , each being produced in the form of a ring with north and south poles arranged alternately.
  • These rings are, for example, made of composite materials and obtained by a sintering or molding process.
  • the stator 105 is fixed in the cover 7 of the casing via a snap-fitting mechanism formed, for example, by fins 109 on the ring 105 and snap-fitting tabs 111 produced in a single piece with the cover 7 .
  • the distance between the rings 105 and 107 is a determining parameter for controlling the haptic effect.
  • the cover 7 also comprises means of fitting the stator in a direction parallel to the control lever in its rest position.
  • these fitting means comprise flexible tabs 121 produced in a single piece with the cover 7 and comprising ends 123 that press individually on the stator. This pressing at three points ensures that the stator is always indeed in place and that the distance between the stator 105 and the rotor 107 is always the same and identical around the entire circumference of the rings 105 and 107 .
  • the latter is fixed to the maintaining carousel 81 , preferably also by snap-fitting means, that is, for example, protuberances 113 produced in a single piece with the ring 107 and chamfered flexible support pieces 115 .
  • the device also comprises a tapered spring 117 for maintaining in the rest position relative to a pivoting movement of the rotary member 13 and of the lever 11 .
  • This spring 117 is pressed on the one hand on the top edge of the bell of the rotary member and on the other hand on retaining means borne by the rotor.
  • These retaining means are produced in a single piece with the rotor and preferably comprise fins 119 .
  • the device offers numerous benefits.
  • these benefits there is in particular a good mechanical disassociation of the various types of control movement, namely the pivoting, pressing or even rotation movements, which makes it possible to produce a clear and agreeable haptic effect for the user.

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